“Nice to meet you all,” wrote Hyung-Jin Shin, using only his eyes. From his adjustable bed, Shin made the words appear on the computer screen using Eyecan+, an eye-tracking device developed by Samsung Electronics. “I’m happy that eye mouse is developed in Korea,” he continued. “The eye mouse is not …
If you’re looking for cool tech gifts this season, look no further — here are half a dozen products your Mac will love you for. Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock HD Apple’s speedy Thunderbolt I/O is smart enough to handle FireWire 800, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort and Ethernet traffic so long …
If you are looking to bring your skills into more current practice, learn a new programming language, or just experiment with taking a couple of technical classes, you are living in the best of times. There are a lot of free classes taught by some of the best teachers in …
BlackBerry’s pitch to get back into the warm embrace of corporate IT shops seems logical enough at first glance: We’re the most secure in mobile. Mobile is where all of your data and interactions are heading. Therefore you should give us all of your corporate business. But when you take …
To get employees more involved in securing their Apps accounts, Google has tried to simplify how they monitor log-in activity and configure security settings. It’s key for Apps users to get more engaged in this manner, because that way they complement the efforts of their company’s IT department and of …
Недавно генеральный директор компании Xiaomi Джун Лэй заявил, что он ожидает, что китайский производитель станет лидером по продажам смартфонов в течение следующего десятилетия. Лэй надеется на международную интернет-конференцию Wuzhen China, чтобы отметить рост компании в сфере смарт-устройств. Чтобы стать лидером, китайский производитель должен будет перегнать южнокорейского гиганта Samsung и корпорацию Стива Джобса – Apple, на …
A hacker group calling itself #GOP is blackmailing Sony Pictures, we’re told. We’re also told the company’s entire network is on lockdown. But what’s with the childish skull defacement and tone-deaf hashtag? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers sound slightly suspicious about corporate fact-manipulation. Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your …
With mobile devices rapidly becoming the tools of choice for enterprise work, IBM wants to help IT departments make sure they can serve all users. Developing and delivering software to laptops and desktops is only part of the battle. IBM has signaled that mobile is a big part of its …
Since his January 2013 appointment as enterprise CTO at Fidelity Investments, Stephen Neff has made a significant impression in the financial services company’s highest IT post. Earlier this year, he was named one of five finalists for the 2014 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award. Fidelity Investments He oversees an IT …
You have to hand it to Lenovo: The company isn’t afraid to do something different. In a sea of indistinguishable rectangular slates, Lenovo’s Android-based Yoga Tablets (first introduced last year) stand out with their unconventional approach to the tablet concept. Rather than joining the race to be the lightest or …
The organization where this pilot fish works is implementing a new service — and doing it right. “The plan is that the headquarters IT staff will use the new product for a few months to work the kinks out, then roll it out to the rest of the organization,” says …
“Яблочные” смартфоны iPhone 6 и iPhone 6 Plus самые популярные аппараты компании в настоящее время, Apple смогла “умудрилась” продать 100 млн экземпляров в первый уик-энд после представления. В этот финансовый квартал, компании Apple удалось отгрузить рекордное количество “Айфонов”, общее число отгрузок достигло 39.2 млн аппаратов, и теперь согласно аналитику KGI Securities …
Ранее мы писали, что социальная сеть ВКонтакте планирует покорить китайских пользователей, однако в офисе компании эту информацию опроверг пресс-секретарь компании Гергий Лобушкин. Несколько дней назад многие СМИ, среди которых оказался и наш техноблог, писали, что ВК хочет создать свой филиал в КНР. Источником данной информации стала китайская газета China Daily. Издание, ссылаясь на …
Many people running Windows XP and Server 2003 are experiencing a bug where Windows and/or Microsoft Update fail with error code 0x80248015 before checking for new updates. I wrote about this last time and now have additional information and a better work-around. The last time I suggested a fix that …
In time for the holiday shopping season, Microsoft has refined how Office 365 handles bulk promotional emails from vendors like Amazon, eBay and Macy’s. Those messages, which contain special offers, newsletters and other sales incentives, fall into a gray area between legitimate email and obvious spam. Depending on a variety …
via IndieGoGo, Jolla The Jolla Tablet, an open-source device that promises privacy, ease of use and comparable hardware to late-model Android tablets and iPads, has demolished its funding goals on IndieGoGo in just the first few days of its campaign. The project page shows a little over $1.2 million raised …
After Symantec blew the lid on Regin on Sunday, computer security experts and companies are revealing information that has lead to suspicions that the U.S. and U.K. are involved. Regin has been known about for years by security companies, but Symantec’s white paper on the malware prompted several in the …
Regin, a complex and stealthy piece of espionage malware, steals passwords, logs keystrokes and can read, write, move and copy files, among other malicious activity, and has stunned the Symantec researchers that detailed it in a report. “In the world of malware threats, only a few rare examples can truly …
Internet of Things deployment in the enterprise has increased 333% since 2012, according to research from an Internet of Things company. Zebra Technologies, a maker of marking and printing products using RFID and real-time location services, says a study it commissioned and conducted by Forrester Research found that IoT deployment …
Slack, whose chat app aims to help workers get stuff done, might now have them running scared, knowing the boss could access their chats. The company’s upcoming paid Plus plan will include an optional feature called Compliance Exports, announced Monday, which will let administrators access their team’s communications, encompassing public …
To get employees more involved in securing their Apps accounts, Google has tried to simplify how they monitor log-in activity and configure security settings. It’s key for Apps users to get more engaged in this manner, because that way they complement the efforts of their company’s IT department and of …
After Symantec blew the lid on Regin on Sunday, computer security experts and companies are revealing information that has lead to suspicions that the U.S. and U.K. are involved. Regin has been known about for years by security companies, but Symantec’s white paper on the malware prompted several in the …
Like some of its major competitors, would Amazon Web ever offer an on-premises private cloud management software? AWS Vice President of Marketing Ariel Kelman wouldn’t rule it out – “never say never” he said – but he added that company executives have discussed doing it, but it just doesn’t fit …
With the holiday shopping season coming up, and crooks lining up to take advantage of the stress and confusion, this is a good time for merchants to review their payment security procedures. Here are the areas where the most merchants have vulnerability gap, according to a report published earlier this …
Google will offer a basic version of its broadband service for no monthly charge when it launches soon in Austin, Texas, with the 1Gbps service priced at $70 per month. The basic plan will provide download speeds of up to 5Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of 1Mbps, according …
Google will offer a basic version of its broadband service for no monthly charge when it launches soon in Austin, Texas, with the 1Gbps service priced at $70 per month. The basic plan will provide download speeds of up to 5Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of 1Mbps, according …